Whether the Due Process Clause permits a court with specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the defendant's out-of-territory property

The U.S. Constitution imposes due-process limits on the jurisdiction of state and federal courts. Those limits differ depending on the type of jurisdiction the court seeks to exercise—either “in personam” jurisdiction over persons, or “in rem” jurisdiction over property. In the decision below, the South Carolina Supreme Court held that, where a trial court has specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant, it also has in rem jurisdiction over the de fendant’s property, even if that property is located beyond the territorial boundaries of South Carolina—conflating “in personam” and “in rem” jurisdiction and deepening a lower-court split. The question presented is whether the Due Process Clause permits a court with specific personal ju-risdiction over a defendant to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the defendant’s out-of-territory property.